Apparatus for butter-making



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F W CHURCH APPABATUSFOR BUTTER MAKING.

No. 542,465. Patented Jul 9, 1895.

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ATTORNEYS.

(No Model.) P W CHURCH 2 Sheets-Sheet. 2. APPARATUS FOR BUTTER MAKING.

No. 542,465. A Patented July 9, 1895.

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i I INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

UNTTED STATES FREDERICK W. CHURCH, OF BELGIUM, NElV YORK.

APPARATUS FOR BUTTER-MAKING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 542,465, dated July 9,1895.

Application filed April 5. 1395. Serial No. 544,525- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. CHURCH, of Belgium, in the county ofOnondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Apparatus for' Butter-Making, of which the following,taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear,and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for making butter.

My object is to produce a device for receiving the milk, cooling it,then raising the milk-receptacle to a level or position high enough toallow the milk and cream to run ofi of their own accord to the churn,and at the same time provide means for receiving the ice to cool themilk and to provide for the current of air to circulate around the vet;and to that end my invention consistsin the several new and novelfeatures and combination of parts hereinafter described and which arespecifically set forth in the claims hereunto annexed.

It is constructed as follows, reference being hadto theaccompanyingdrawingsfln which- Figure 1 shows a side view of the devicecomplete ready for use and showing the vat or milk-receptacle in anelevated position in sponding parts.

. A is a vat-holding receptacle, constructed preferably of wood andprovided with a cover a and acentral opening a, and at its lower end isprovided with a nut 19, internally threaded. The cover a is alsoprovided with a central opening.

Bis a threaded shaft vertically mounted, the threads of which areadapted to engage with the threads upon the nut 19 for the purpose ofraising and lowering the vat-holder or receptacle A. The threaded shaftB is journaled at its upper end so that it may be moved to and fro, asshown'at b, and c is a cog secured upon the shaft B and adapted toengage withthe cog c, by which it isrotated. Inasmuch as the cog c issecured rigidly to the shaft B, the said shaft B is rotated when the cogc is turned. The cog c is adapted to be turned in either direction byany ordinary and well-known means.

It will be observed that when the shaft .Bis

turned in one direction the receptacle A will be raised on account ofits engagement with the thread upon the nut b',and that the reverserotation of the shaft B will allow the receptacle A to descend. Thelower end of the shaft B is secured to a rack 0, having teeth at uponits lower face adapted to engage with the teeth upon a wheel d, mountedin the bracket D, so that by rotating the wheel d the shaft B will bemoved to or from its vertical position, as shown in Fig. 1, for thepurpose of tipping or tilting the receptacle A so as to allow the milk,cream, and water from the interior of the receptacle to pass out throughthe faucets.

. E is a vat constructed substantially as shown, so as to set within thevat-holding receptacle A, upon the rack-bars or frame F in the bottom ofthe receptacle A, and is provided with a central opening e. Upon its rimit is also provided with a flangef, having vertical perforationsf forthe purposeshereinafter set forth.

G is an ice-receptacle having its exterior readily removed and replaced.It willbe observed that as the air passes in at the top upon the ice andcomes in contact therewith it becomes cooled. It then passes down to thebottom of the vat-receptacle and thence passes under and aro'und it, andas it becomes more or less heated by the milk, passes up around itsperiphery and out through the openings or perforations f, therebyeffectually cooling the milk. The rack-bars F are placed in the bottomof the vat-receptacle and afford easy and convenient means for ICO edshaft, said shaft being hinged at its upper end, means for rotating saidshaft for the purpose of raising and lowering said vat and means fortilting said shaft at its lower end for the purpose of tilting said vat.

8. lhe combination with a vertical threaded shaft of a vat-receptaclehaving a central threaded nut with which the threads on said shaft areadapted to engage, a faucet in said receptacle, a vat having a centralopening and a vertically perforated rim and a drawoff faucet, and anice-receptacle mounted in said vat opening, substantially as describedfor the purposes set forth.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand on this 19th day ofMarch, 1895.

FREDERICK V. CHURCH.

In presence of- HOWARD P. DENISON, JESSIE E. MURRAY.

